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Rick Scott: “This is genocide... It's not based on a hurricane or famine…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Rick Scott calls for U.S. military in Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 03:23

We do it, but we do it anywhere else in the world. Where they were, there was mass starvation. Things like this. This is. Difference with this is. It's not man. It's, it's. This is, This is genocide... It's not based on a hurricane or famine or something, you know, drought. or something like that. And the role of the US Military at this point, I think the role right now is get the humanitarian aid in, but military intervention. (03:23–03:36)

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Asserts that the crisis in Venezuela is man-made and not due to natural disasters.

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